Animal-trap.



N0. 684,5l8. Patented Oct. I5, 190i.

' J. P. MARTYN.

ANIMAL TRAP.

(Application filed Jan. 10, 1901.)

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EL/ hiscfifiarmsl UNITED STATES PATENT FIIICEQ JOHN P. MARTYN, OF ST. THOMAS, CANADA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,518, dated October 15, 1901.

Application filed January 10, 1901. Serial No. 42,818. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN P. MARTYN, a subject of the Queen of England, residing at St. Thomas, in the county of Elgin and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in animal-traps in which I provide two independent curved tilting platforms arranged in one receptacle or casing and so construct the same that it will be continuously self-acting; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan viewrof my animal-trap. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

Referring to the drawings, the letter J designates the bottom of the casing or receptacle of my improved trap, having side walls H, end walls H, and top I. To the end walls H, bottom J, and top wall I, I secure two partition-walls (J, arranged diagonally with respect to each other.

The letter B represents the curved tilting plat-forms, being connected to the central body portions thereof by rods 1), the extended ends of which are pivoted in bearings A of said side walls and similar hearings in the partition-walls C. These tilting platforms are constructed of one continuous piece of met-a1, such as tin or the like, the outer half or entrance portions being provided with paint, to which is applied sand while the paint is in a soft condition, which when hardened forms a rough passage-way for the animal, whereby to prevent slipping of the same. This application of paint and sand to the outer halves of the platform serves to make that portion of the same somewhat heavier than the forward parts or halves of the platforms and keeps said forward parts in an elevated or raised position when not in use, as without the application of the sand to the paint the platforms would be counterbah anced. To the side walls H, I secure one end of guards D, the opposite ends being bent at right angles and connected to the partitionwalls 0. These guards serve the purpose of preventing the animal from escaping from the trap, as the said guards are placed in such relative position to the inner ends of the platforms that escape will be impossible.

The ends of the casing adjoining the housing of the tilting platforms are provided with a series of wires E to admit of light and also to determine whether an animal is housed in the casing.

The letter F indicates doors mounted in grooves in the top and bottom of the casing, whereby to permit said doors to slide therein. These doors are provided with a staple to engage with a hook attached to the casing to prevent the said doors from being opened by accident.

hat I claim is- In an animal-trap, the combination with the .casing having partition-walls therein, forming two compartments which are secured diagonally therein, and curved tilting platforms centrally pivoted to the side walls of the easing and to the partition-walls, the entering halves of said platforms provided with sanded surfaces, of the guards secured to said side walls, and extending across in front of the platforms, the inner end thereof, being bent at right angles, and secured to said partition walls, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN P. MARTYN;

WVitnesses:

GILBERT RooHE, PHILIP H. FINLAY. 

